[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 69 (Friday, April 19, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H2556]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    LIBERTY FIRST, LAST, AND ALWAYS

  (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, the bills that will come before this House 
this weekend, especially tomorrow, make our choices clear: liberty or 
tyranny, democracy or dictatorship, allies or enemies, resolve or 
accommodation, strength or surrender, rule of law or rule of rogues, 
security or vulnerability.
  As Daniel Webster's inspirational missive carved into the marble 
above this rostrum challenges: Let us ask ourselves in our time and 
generation, may we not perform something worthy to be remembered?
  Yes, liberty first, last, and always.
  Through its historic fight against tyranny, Ukraine has reminded us 
how stark a choice the free world has.
  Ukraine aspires to ascend into the coalition of free nations 
sheltered by NATO's shield. Ukraine will grow to prosper in the 
European Union.
  Ukraine's warriors and people have inspired the world. Liberty 
demands this institution remain true to our Nation's founding 
principles.
  Republicans and Democrats, Speaker Johnson, and Leader Jeffries are 
all working together so the majority can work its will, not minority 
factions.
  Mr. Speaker, the middle has coalesced to meet Congress' first sworn 
duty to protect the Nation from all enemies, foreign and domestic. We 
will meet that obligation.

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